The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that which we have in others.

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"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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"Absence destroys small passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes tapers and kindles fires."

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"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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"We never listen when we are eager to speak"

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"To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation."

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"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."

- Hasidic Proverb

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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

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"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

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"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will."

- Amy Schumer

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"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

- Rosalynn Carter

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